american studies

Last November, I surprised my boyfriend with something he had been wishing for for an absolute age, however thought there would be absolutely no chance of getting – tickets for his birthday to see Hamilton in London’s Victoria Palace Theatre. I bought the tickets last June, on the day that they were released for […]

You may be wondering what American Studies actually is – as do a lot of people, and as did I about 3 months before I sent off my UCAS application! Well, I’m going to try and summarise for you exactly what it is I do for my degree, where I can go and what […]

Wherever you look these days, America is plastered across our screens in some shape or form whether it is in the form of Trump idiocy, the brink of nuclear war or crazy weather. We live in a time where America is centre stage and, whether we like it or not, impacts our everyday lives in […]

One of the many perks of American Studies is the wide variety of content its broad parameters cover. This coming term we’re going to be studying a film and visual culture module, which got me thinking about all my favourite American movies and sitcoms. By far my favourite TV show, including British ones, has to […]